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The <i>dist</i> directory contains files & scripts for
building distributable packages.
<h1>RPM packaging</h1>
Tools for making rpms are in <i>dist/rpm</i>. To build, go
to that directory and run one of the two shell scripts.
<ul>
<li><b>setup-here.sh</b> requires one argument, a version number.
It builds an appropriate source tarball,modifies the spec file
and sets a user config file (~/.rpmmacros) to use this directory.</li>
<li><b>just-prep.sh</b> is for users that already have their own
rpm build environment. It also takes one argument, a version number,
and simply produces an appropriate source tarball and spec file for
use elsewhere.</li>
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The build doesn't have any requirements other than rpmbuild itself (note:
if you have trouble finding it, the OS package containing rpmbuild
is often hyphenated as rpm-build.) The whole procedure looks like this
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$ ./setup-here.sh
$ rpmbuild -ba SPECS/it-core.spec
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This creates four RPMs. Paths given below are typical and may vary on some
distributions:
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<li><b>it-core</b> contains the license (/usr/share/it-core/license) and
an apache config directive to point http://localhost/it-core at
/usr/share/it-core. This directory is chosen to comply with Red Hat
packaging guidelines for web applications, should IT CORE ever be submitted
for formal inclusion in a distribution.</li>
<li><b>it-core-doc</b> contains the documentation and installs to
/usr/share/it-core/documentation</li>
<li><b>it-core-fannie</b> contains the backend and installs to
/usr/share/it-core/fannie. This package also assigns appropriate config
file permissions.</li>
<li><b>it-core-is4c-nf</b> contains the front-end and installs to
/usr/share/it-core/is4c-nf. This package also assigns appropriate config
file permissions.</li>
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All RPMs require PHP 5+, Apache 2+, MySQL 5+, and php-mysql. The subpackages
each require the main it-core but are otherwise independent.
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Installation would look like this:
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$ cd BUILD/noarch
$ sudo rpm -Uvh it-core-<version>.rpm
$ sudo /etc/init.d/httpd restart
$ sudo rpm -Uvh it-core-doc-<version>.rpm
$ sudo rpm -Uvh it-core-fannie-<version>.rpm
$ sudo rpm -Uvh it-core-is4c-nf-<version>.rpm
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Any of the last three lines could be omitted, although omitting all three would
be kind of silly.
<h1>DEB Packaging</h1>
The <i>dist/deb</i> contains a single alien-based script for converting .rpm files
to .deb files. To create deb packges:
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<li>Set up a dkpg+alien environment ($deity help you if you're on an rpm-based system
and have to do this from source packages)</li>
<li>Build RPMs under <i>dist/rpm</i> as described above.</li>
<li>Go to <i>dist/deb</i> and run the <b>make-debs.sh</b> script. This script requires
both a version number and a build number (e.g., if the RPM is it-core-0.1.0-1.noarch.rpm,
run make-debs.sh 0.1.0 1).</li>
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